The Hon. Jason Clare, MP., Australian Minister for Defence Materiel addressed the Australian Defence Magazine Conference at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, on 16th February.

Conference had the theme, ‘A Big Year Ahead’. Inter alia the Minister said, ‘In the Air Force we will take delivery of the final nine Boeing F18 Super Hornets; and work towards Initial Operating Capability on Wedgetail, the Airborne Early Warning & Control [AEW&C] aircraft.